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hey, jim, good morning. >> caller: hi, bill. driving in the truck yesterday and i heard the press conference of romney. he was playing president. and all i heard was his arrogance and his -- i saw the bain ceo and how he would -- how he would take care of us smaller people. he just drives me insane. >> bill: i thought the reporters let him off easy yesterday, too, by the way. >> caller: oh, they did. they gave him exactly what he wanted. >> bill: there were a couple of questions, what do you think -- why is this different from what obama would have done. they didn't hit him on the fact hey, america is under attack. i mean this is a terrorist attack. this is a mini version of september 11th. it is not on our property. not nearly so many on our soil. not nearly so many people killed. this was a terrorist attack against americans. by the way, that embassy is our soil. so this was a terrorist attack against american soil. to that extent and mitt romney chooses it to make -- to launch a partisan attack. i gotta tell you, i think this
hey, jim, good morning. >> caller: hi, bill. driving in the truck yesterday and i heard the press conference of romney. he was playing president. and all i heard was his arrogance and his -- i saw the bain ceo and how he would -- how he would take care of us smaller people. he just drives me insane. >> bill: i thought the reporters let him off easy yesterday, too, by the way. >> caller: oh, they did. they gave him exactly what he wanted. >> bill: there were a couple of...
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father of the current teamster president jim hoffa. and there have been four different attempts to find his body. there was first a rumor he had been kidnapped taken up in an airplane and pushed out over the great lakes. of course, some people still believe he's buried in the end zone of the giants stadium in new jersey. back in 2004, they tore up a detroit home because somebody had tipped them off that the floorboards -- he might have been buried under the floorboards of the home. in 2006, remember they tore down a horse barn in michigan on a tip that he was buried there. now, the latest tip is that he's buried in the driveway of a home in roseville michigan. and allegedly the owner of the -- the previous owner of the home had some ties to the mafia so today in roseville michigan, they're actually going to dig up this driveway thinking that maybe the body of james hoffa is located underneath the driveway. why don't they just give it up? right? and who's paying for all of this? tore down a horse barn and another house and now they're t
father of the current teamster president jim hoffa. and there have been four different attempts to find his body. there was first a rumor he had been kidnapped taken up in an airplane and pushed out over the great lakes. of course, some people still believe he's buried in the end zone of the giants stadium in new jersey. back in 2004, they tore up a detroit home because somebody had tipped them off that the floorboards -- he might have been buried under the floorboards of the home. in 2006,...
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jim from sparks nevada. hello, jim. >> hello. >> bill: what is going on? >> caller: not a heck of a lot. what is going on with you? >> bill: well, you tell me. nevada has been hard hit, right? >> caller: yeah, with construction. but if we are supposed to find out if we're better off than four years ago, why aren't romney and ryan releasing their tax returns for the last 12 years. >> bill: well, that's the question that remains, jim. mitt romney wants that issue to go away, but i read earlier an email from one of our listeners who said that his daughter is going to vote for obama this time, and what the deciding issue for him was his daughter just graduated. she has applied for a job with a federal agency but in our job application, she has a position with a federal agency and she had to provide five years of tax returns. she is a recent college graduate. she is a young person, and has to provide five years just for an entry-level federal job. mitt romney wants the top federal job in the united states, and he refuses to release more than so far -- pardon me
jim from sparks nevada. hello, jim. >> hello. >> bill: what is going on? >> caller: not a heck of a lot. what is going on with you? >> bill: well, you tell me. nevada has been hard hit, right? >> caller: yeah, with construction. but if we are supposed to find out if we're better off than four years ago, why aren't romney and ryan releasing their tax returns for the last 12 years. >> bill: well, that's the question that remains, jim. mitt romney wants that...
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so anyhow, it is frightening but jim inhoff and all of the other -- they don't care. they don't think it means anything. it is just cyclical. it will all freeze again next year. that's the way it works. mmm, man. what a line-up today. congressman chris van hollen, the ranking democrat on the budget committee. we haven't seen him in studio since charlotte. he was there with us in charlotte on radio row. he will be in studio with us today. peter fenn, democratic strategist will be along as a "friend of bill." and clarence page, legendary columnist for "the chicago tribune," we'll be talking to him as well about all of the latest. again, taking your calls. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> good morning on this thursday. other headlines making news. we're about due for this headline. lindsay lohan arrested again. tmz reports the actress hit a man while trying to park her porsche in front of a new york hotel early yesterday morning and slurred her words and then fled the scene. >> that's weird. >> police caught up to her about 30 minutes later charging her
so anyhow, it is frightening but jim inhoff and all of the other -- they don't care. they don't think it means anything. it is just cyclical. it will all freeze again next year. that's the way it works. mmm, man. what a line-up today. congressman chris van hollen, the ranking democrat on the budget committee. we haven't seen him in studio since charlotte. he was there with us in charlotte on radio row. he will be in studio with us today. peter fenn, democratic strategist will be along as a...
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jim is calling from highland park, illinois. >> caller: hey, bill. i'm a great fan of yours. i say vote for [ inaudible ] against paul ryan, but mitt romney missed his opportunity to ask one of his football owner friends to fix the problem. >> bill: good point. he is the guy that identifies with the nfl owners not the players, right? >> caller: exactly. >> bill: good point. if anybody can get those guys together it is mitt romney. they are his buds. and dan snyder i mentioned him. he is giving a fund raiser for mitt romney at his house. there you go. joanne in phoenix, arizona. hi, joanne. >> caller: hi, bill. how is your son and your wife? >> bill: everybody is good why? >> caller: i'm glad to hear that. i remember seeing you years ago when you said that w came up to your table and used profanity in front of your son. >> bill: that was a long time ago. >> caller: yes, that's how long i have been a fan. i guess that dates me. >> bill: okay. what do you think about this football thing, joann? >> caller: well, i would like to donate to buy this wonderful man, romney a plane wit
jim is calling from highland park, illinois. >> caller: hey, bill. i'm a great fan of yours. i say vote for [ inaudible ] against paul ryan, but mitt romney missed his opportunity to ask one of his football owner friends to fix the problem. >> bill: good point. he is the guy that identifies with the nfl owners not the players, right? >> caller: exactly. >> bill: good point. if anybody can get those guys together it is mitt romney. they are his buds. and dan snyder i...
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jim carver e-mails in, hey bill, i've been a huge fan of clint eastwood. it was sad to see him reach the point where the empty chair should have had his caretaker seated. maybe they could have kept him from making such an ass of himself if that were the case. yeah. i'll tell you he did make an ass of himself but mitt romney is the one who invited him. speaking of making an ass of yourself. lee saunders will be joining us as well as stephanie the head of emily's list. and christine pelosi, one of the leading democrats from california so stay tuned here for the democratic national convention and the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hello everybody. welcome to the democratic national convection. welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. good to see you today. it is tuesday tuesday september 4. we're live in charlotte at the time-warner cable arena. and the big question here in charlotte, of course, is are you bert off today -- are we better off today than we were four years ago. the answer to that is clearl
jim carver e-mails in, hey bill, i've been a huge fan of clint eastwood. it was sad to see him reach the point where the empty chair should have had his caretaker seated. maybe they could have kept him from making such an ass of himself if that were the case. yeah. i'll tell you he did make an ass of himself but mitt romney is the one who invited him. speaking of making an ass of yourself. lee saunders will be joining us as well as stephanie the head of emily's list. and christine pelosi, one...
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debate commission maybe should have picked him to moderate one of the debates rather than, for example, jim lehrer who's been around the track so many times. at any rate, on the issue of immigration reform they really press president obama hey you said you were all for this. you said you were going to get it done. you've been there almost four years now. what the hell happened? president obama. >> obama: we did put forward a dream act that was passed in the house. got overwhelming majority of support from democrats in the senate and was blocked by the republican party. >> bill: and the president did admit that was his biggest failure. and the thing he regretted most not having accomplished in his first four years but he pointed out again that he thought this might be an easier path because afterall before he got in the white house republicans supported the very bill that he sent up to congress. >> obama: i confess i did not expect and so i'm happy to take responsibility for being naive here. is that republicans who had previously supported comprehensive immigration reform my opponent in 200
debate commission maybe should have picked him to moderate one of the debates rather than, for example, jim lehrer who's been around the track so many times. at any rate, on the issue of immigration reform they really press president obama hey you said you were all for this. you said you were going to get it done. you've been there almost four years now. what the hell happened? president obama. >> obama: we did put forward a dream act that was passed in the house. got overwhelming...